Grave Babies

Every time I gear up to hit Seattle, I put together a short list of all the bands Ive got to check out while Im there. This week, a crazy, sinister little rock duo called Grave Babies has crept its way to the top of my list. Identifying themselves only as Evil Danny and Evil Tyler, these spooky dudes meld metal, punk and edgy electro riffs into a beautiful mess of crazed darkness that make your hands instantaneously form devil horns. One of those upstart bands youre always happy to stumble across on MySpace, Grave Babies perform twice this month with fantastically like-minded purveyors of hard noise, Arbitron. You can throw on your blackest T-shirt and catch them tonight at the Comet, or December 29th with me at the Funhouse. If you like it, keep an eye out for their debut Deathface online or soon at Sonic Boom. With Prison, Cat Band. MA'CHELL DUMA LAVASSAR